Was gifted

“I’m only responsible for what I say, not for what you understand”

Here I am, a few feet above the ground, a few stones weighing about, much life and many moons drifted; with some trudged, though, I feel that too was gifted.

‘The Apology of Socrates’ by Plato, I haven’t read but know what in it is seated; the same story; of many to one calling to shame despite his life lived the best way it was gifted.

I am no Plato nor I feign to be Socratic, having lived my years with my decisions sifted, am I called to shame despite my life lived the best way it was gifted?

Friends a few I had; fewer still good ones; on the fingers of one hand I can count those who stayed, despite my all that I understood I was, I stayed; yet, do I hear as though of many to one calling to shame despite my life lived the best way it was gifted?

My mind and I share some yet still differ in much, I have loved every day lived as such; I think I still hear many to one from the shadows calling to shame despite my life lived the best way it was gifted.

Life had for me a gift stored; and now, I live the gift that life for me adored; in my sacred space this gift and I reside, and she never did give me a chide; nor called to shame because she knows that despite our lives, our life together will be lived the best way it was gifted.

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Nothing

 

 

“Mortals have much to learn;

Alas, this they shan’t discern”

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Time Times Time

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“Time”

It is my apprehension if you are indeed in every dimension.

If not in every dimension then why do I dread you with this apprehension.

Or has it just become a fashion to stare towards your station.

Even when you might be looking back with the same question.

And be in a similar situation.

So, it is my apprehension if you are indeed in every dimension.

And is it that all this is is one from one to another dimension;

But with apprehension;

Asking the same question.

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Real vs Cosmetic

Get a real cause.

Own it § Stand for it § Create IMPACT!

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This post is inspired by my interactions and first hand experiences with the voluntary sector for a number of years. My views here are also much influenced by my understanding of experiences and challenges that coordinators and voluntary sector leaders who have observed and face commitment issues with volunteers on almost a daily basis. Active conversations and reflections with those who  manage, run, coordinate and lead voluntary cause-based  initiatives forms the basis of my views. And here we are talking about aggregate of decades of experience and involvement in cause-based issues.  

An interesting and timely Facebook conversation  on this topic seeded in me the idea of writing this post to address a real issue that we all must address on our own individual levels after doing a fair and unbiased assessment of ourselves…..

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Depending on which part of the world you live in, there are so many things that our lives directly touch. There are also so many more things that need to change and where our involvement can actually make a difference in making this world a better place; but these go untouched & unnoticed even when they happen right before our eyes. So what CAUSE should one “Own” and “Stand for”? The answer lies in the question. 

Life & Confidence

 15 Things Highly Confident People Do Not Do

“Highly confident people believe in their ability to achieve. If you don’t believe in yourself, why should anyone else put their faith in you? To walk with swagger and improve your self-confidence, watch out for these fifteen things highly confident people don’t do.”

Daniel Wallen

1. They don’t make excuses
2. They don’t avoid doing the scary thing
3. They don’t live in a bubble of comfort
4. They don’t obsess over the opinions of others
5. They don’t judge people
6. They don’t let lack of resources stop them
7. They don’t make comparisons
8. They don’t find joy in people pleasing
9. They don’t need constant reassurance
10. They don’t avoid life’s inconvenient truths
11. They don’t quit because of minor setbacks
12. They don’t require anyone’s permission to act
13. They don’t limit themselves to a small toolbox
14. [They don’t accept anything and everything they find somewhere as “truth” w.o thinking about it]

Read the full article at the link below.

Source Link via Lifehack

Men Wanted

Today, how many will take this up?

 If you want to lead, improve and grow, separate what you do and what you go through, from who you are. §

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“Shackleton’s spirits were wonderfully irrepressible considering the heartbreaking reverses he has had to put up with and the frustration of all his hopes for this year at least. One would think he had never a care on his mind & he is the life & soul of half the skylarking and fooling in the ship.”

Frank Arthur Worsley, Captain, Endurance

Enemy and Friend

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But then, nothing happens to anyone that s/he is not fitted by nature to bear.

From Gladiator (Movie)

Genius

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If you let expectations, fear and bias cloud your judgment, the result routs the genius in you. Not only that, it also shreds any potential genius pregnant in the natural order of things. §

Start Now

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

General George S. Patton

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Violently = Well. Implications: Take baby steps in whatever you start. But start. Now! Be cool to yourself and to others. If you “seek” perfection, a silly pursuit, you will tend to find faults, complain, justify and blame because perfection is unattainable. And trying to attain the unattainable is, well frustrating; mildly put. Start out in the right direction knowing what you know [much less than perfect] and doing your best with knowing “that” less. Course correct on the way. Perfection is in doing that bit that makes you reach the next level. To create by definition is to build something to create something. If you seek perfection then you do not have to create anything, build anything. Perfection is in starting out, and in the pursuit of the next level. §

Perhaps – Startup Education

Perhaps there is a more meaningful education to be had; in going through a Startup experience.

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Perhaps there is a more meaningful experience and more learning in dealing with creative process at a Startup. The experience of “creating” something. Going through the process in itself builds character. Why? Surviving the emotional rollercoaster and en route partaking life lessons are more educating than going through the regular education machinery that churns out diplomas and factory built pegs suited for specific holes. Perhaps the two will one day merge to create a better education framework that harnesses the strengths of both. Perhaps the best of both will come together. Will the system, communities and “interests” opt-in to make this a reality? Perhaps aspirations, dreams and talent will one day churn in this medley. §

What Good ..

Via Magazine.good.is

 What good shall I do this day? What good have I done today?

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“If this daily list is any indication, the man of many hats—whom his biographer called “a harmonious human multitude”—never skipped a meal or a chance to enjoy conversation, music, and leisure. And he still got plenty of work done, establishing the first public library in the world, signing both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution—you know, founding our country—no big deal. But the best part of his schedule are the questions he asked at the start and end of every day: What good shall I do this day? What good have I done today?” Link to article.

Subdue the Enemy

The Supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

Sun Tzu

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Enemy = anger, regret, jealousy, deceit, conceit, expectations, pain and guilt. Fighting these or seeking an answer to these is silly futile. Subduing these is done by growing through them without scars. That requires humility and courage to accept and to move on without keeping scores. Don’t own the problem behind the [enemy], just be around as a witness. The [enemy] has as much power as we give it.

How to implement this? Watch your thoughts, and focus. §

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 Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.

Sun Tzu

Mood

Setting the mood drive …. For dreams to take shape ….

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Dreams are too precious to be subject to mood. Dreams need drive, resolve, grit, passion and persistence. Faith and belief fuel Dreams. Mood does not. Mood is a state-of-mind, a feeling of; these have to obey resolve and be obedient to discipline. Set the drive and let dreams take shape. §